Gary Victor

Gary Victor (born 9 July 1958 in Port-au-Prince) is a Haitian writer, playwright, and scriptwriter for television and radio. His radio sketches and the uncompromising tone of his television series on the manners of the Haitian bourgeoisie provoked controversy and discussion. He also served as the General Secretary of the Senate of Haiti from 1996 to 2000.

Biography Victor was born in Port-au-Prince and is the son of the sociologist René Victor. After studying agronomy, he worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Planning and other ministries before becoming a journalist. He has become well known as a writer for radio, film and television. From 1976 to 1983, Gary Victor published short works of fiction in the state newspaper, Le Nouveau Monde, and subsequently, in the daily Le Nouvelliste, where he was a columnist from 1983 to 1990. He was editor of the daily Le Matin until June 2004.

Awards 2001: Ordre national du Mérite of France, All his work 2003: Prix du Livre insulaire (fiction) à Ouessant, À l'angle des rues parallèles 2004: Prix RFO du livre, Je sais quand Dieu vient se promener dans mon jardin 2008: Prix littéraire des Caraïbes, Les cloches de la Brésilienne 2012: Casa de las Américas Prize, Le sang et la mer

Works Novels Clair de Manbo, 1990 Un octobre d'Élyaniz, 1996 La Piste des sortillèges, 1996 reprinted in 2002 Le Diable dans un thé à la citronnelle, 1998 reprinted in 2005 À l'angle des rues parallèles, 2000 reprinted in 2003 Le Cercle des époux fidèles, 2002 Je sais quand Dieu vient se promener dans mon jardin, 2004 Dernières nouvelles du colonialisme, 2006 Les Cloches de la Brésilienne, 2006 Nuit Albinos, 2007 Banal oubli, 2008 Saison de porcs, 2009 Le sang et la mer, 2010 Soro, 2011 Maudite éducation, éditions Philippe Rey, 2012 Cures et châtiments, 2013 Le sang et la mer II: Hérodiane, 2016 Les Temps de la cruauté, 2017 Masi, 2018 Un homme dangereux, 2022